VERY RARE AND UNIQUE SEMI ANTIQUE HANDMADE PERSIAN HAMEDAN RUG. 100% BABY LAMB'S WOOL PILE ON WOOL FOUNDATION, ALL NATURAL VEGETABLE DYE, VERY RARE HYBRID DESIGN THAT INCORPORATES A COMBINATION OF TRIBAL, FLORAL AND GEOMETRIC ASPECTS. WITH A UNIQUE LARGE DUAL HEADED MULTI COLORED MULTI LAYERED CENTERPIECE MEDALLION AND NICE TRIBAL-FLORAL TRIM. A VERY UNIQUE RUG. FROM HAMEDAN, IRAN.ABOUTHAMEDANRUGS:HAMADANIS THE CAPITAL OF AN EPONYMOUS PROVINCE, AND IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIES IN PERSIA. IT'S ALSO ONE OF PERSIA'S MOST PRODUCTIVE AND DIVERSE WEAVING CENTERS. OVER THE YEARS, MANY REFUGEES, MINORITIES AND ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE INHABITED THE AREA. LIKE OTHER CITIES IN THE WESTERN PART OF PERSIA,HAMADANPRODUCED FINE, COARSE CARPETS THAT ARE MADE WITH THE SYMMETRICGHIORDESOR TURKISH KNOT. DUE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF VILLAGES IN THE PROVINCE OFHAMADANAND THE AREA'S ETHNIC DIVERSITY, MANY UNIQUE DESIGNS ARE FEATURED IN THESE REGIONAL RUGS. TRADITIONALLY,HAMADANHAS BEEN A CENTER FOR COMMERCIAL CARPET PRODUCTION. THE FRAGMENTED ETHNIC GROUPS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY LIVED INHAMADANINCLUDE KURDS,AZERITURKS AND ISLAMIC PEOPLE. ANTIQUEHAMADANRUGS TRADITIONALLY FAVOR ANGULAR DESIGNS ALTHOUGH LARGE-SCALE ARABESQUES AND CURVILINEAR MOTIFS ARE ALSO FOUND. THEY ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO RUGS PRODUCED IN THE NEIGHBORING AREAS OFBIBAKABAD, SHIRAZ,LILIHANAND DOZENS OF CITIES THAT PRODUCE LOCAL STYLES. 4' X 7'

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